Record Details

NHER Number:

2634

Type of record:

Monument

Name:

Caldecote deserted village and multi-period finds

Summary

Caldecote deserted village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but had reduced to ten householders in 1428 and is believed to have become completely deserted by the late 16th century. Two fields contain the sites of masonry buildings, and one retained crofts and ridge and furrow with a street along its west margin before being affected by modern agricultural activity. Casual survey and metal-detecting in recent years have recovered pottery sherds, coins and metal objects dating from the Iron Age to post-medieval periods. A small number of prehistoric worked flints have also been found, including a blade of probable Mesolithic date.

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Location

Grid Reference:

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Map Sheet:

TF70SW

Parish:

OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Mentioned in Domesday. Ten householders in 1428. (S2). The two fields are sites of masonry buildings. [1]. One field has crofts and ridge and furrow, with street along west margin. [2].This was a scheduled ancient monument but was destroyed by agricultural activities, and is now descheduled. E. Rose (NAU).

1960. Field Observation. North, south and west of Caldecote Farm: surface scatter of Late Saxonsherds from site of deserted medieval village, including St. Neots ware was recovered. Information from (S3). These discoveries are also noted in (S10). M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 25 February 2013.

July 1976. OS air photography.Linear feature.Trackways and enclosures.D. Voisey, 3 February 1995.

1980s. Stray Find.Polished flint axehead found by farmworker in 1980s information via a member of the public, see description in file. [9]A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 October 2002.

1998. Metal detecting. [6].Four-part post medieval lead cloth seal. Outer discs illegibly stamped, or possibly not stamped at all. Inner discs have well-made and well-preserved stamps of a crown on one side, and two lions passant with a date (16) below on the other. Official alnage seal, late 17th century.See list in secondary file.A. Rogerson (NLA), 1 August 1998.